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Downy Woodpecker
Wendell Gilley Museum
  • Object, Art, Sculpture, Carving
  • Nature, Animals, Birds
  • Gilley - Wendell Holmes Gilley (1904-1983)
  • 1950 c.
Downy Woodpecker
Wendell Gilley Museum
Description:
Almost life size; male on driftwood "tree" attached to oblong sand-covered wooden base; glass eyes, wire feet, carved and painted detail. Signed "Gilley" on side of driftwood. Felt bottom.
Mallard Drake Box
Wendell Gilley Museum
  • Object, Art, Sculpture, Carving
  • Nature, Animals, Birds
  • Object, Art, Sculpture, Carving
  • Gilley - Wendell Holmes Gilley (1904-1983)
  • 1950
Mallard Drake Box
Wendell Gilley Museum
Description:
Six-board pine box, lap-joined and nailed, with clear acrylic finish ; rounded-edge lift cover, carved underneath to set in box cavity. Five-inch long mallard is screw-mounted lengthwise in the center of cover ; has two curled lead-strip tail-curls, glass eyes. Marked "Made for Hilda and Hulda Bragdon" on underside of box. Signed "Made by Wendell Gilley" and dated 1950 (in a circle).
Little Blue Herons
Wendell Gilley Museum
  • Object, Art, Sculpture, Carving
  • Nature, Animals, Birds
  • Object, Art, Sculpture, Carving
  • Gilley - Wendell Holmes Gilley (1904-1983)
  • 1957 ?
Little Blue Herons
Wendell Gilley Museum
Description:
Juvenile standing with wings raised on branch, adult standing on base ; signed "Gilley" on right rear corner of base ; no date
Ruffed Grouse
Wendell Gilley Museum
  • Object, Art, Sculpture, Carving
  • Nature, Animals, Birds
  • Gilley - Wendell Holmes Gilley (1904-1983)
  • 1950 c.
Ruffed Grouse
Wendell Gilley Museum
Description:
Miniature; adult male perched on yellow birch base, head erect, tail spread; glass eyes, metal feet, carved and painted detail. Signed "Gilley" on lower left of base.
Great Blue Heron, Pair
Wendell Gilley Museum
  • Object, Art, Sculpture, Carving
  • Nature, Animals, Birds
  • Gilley - Wendell Holmes Gilley (1904-1983)
  • 1950 c.
Great Blue Heron, Pair
Wendell Gilley Museum
Description:
Miniatures; two adults on driftwood base, left heron stands with neck erect, right heron bent over; both with glass eyes, wire legs, metal crest feathers, carved and painted detail. Signed "Gilley" on right front of base.
Blue-winged Teal, Pair
Wendell Gilley Museum
  • Image, Photograph
  • Nature, Animals, Birds
  • Object, Art, Sculpture, Carving
  • Gilley - Wendell Holmes Gilley (1904-1983)
  • 1958
  • Copyright Not Evaluated
Blue-winged Teal, Pair
Wendell Gilley Museum
Description:
Photograph of a pair of blue-winged teal carved by Wendell Gilley. Marked "Sec. of Treas. Robert Anderson 1958" on reverse.
Cinnamon Teal, Pair
Wendell Gilley Museum
  • Image, Photograph
  • Nature, Animals, Birds
  • Object, Art, Sculpture, Carving
  • Gilley - Wendell Holmes Gilley (1904-1983)
  • 1958
  • Copyright Not Evaluated
Cinnamon Teal, Pair
Wendell Gilley Museum
Description:
Photograph of a pair of cinnamon (?) teal carved by Wendell Gilley. Marked "Sam Rayburn" on reverse. "1958" written in blue ballpoint lower right corner.
Ring-necked pheasant
Wendell Gilley Museum
  • Object, Art, Sculpture, Carving
  • Nature, Animals, Birds
  • Object, Art, Sculpture, Carving
  • Gilley - Wendell Holmes Gilley (1904-1983)
  • 1954
Ring-necked pheasant
Wendell Gilley Museum
Description:
Signed "Gilley" on front right of driftwood base
Canada Goose
Wendell Gilley Museum
  • Object, Art, Sculpture, Carving
  • Nature, Animals, Birds
  • Object, Art, Sculpture, Carving
  • Gilley - Wendell Holmes Gilley (1904-1983)
  • 1959
Canada Goose
Wendell Gilley Museum
Description:
Signed "Gilley" on left front of driftwood base
Woodcock
Wendell Gilley Museum
  • Object, Art, Sculpture, Carving
  • Nature, Animals, Birds
  • Object, Art, Sculpture, Carving
  • Gilley - Wendell Holmes Gilley (1904-1983)
  • 1956
Woodcock
Wendell Gilley Museum
Description:
Signed "Gilley" on front right of carved oblong base
Canada Goose
Wendell Gilley Museum
  • Object, Art, Sculpture, Carving
  • Nature, Animals, Birds
  • Object, Art, Sculpture, Carving
  • Gilley - Wendell Holmes Gilley (1904-1983)
  • 1956
Canada Goose
Wendell Gilley Museum
Description:
Signed "Gilley '56" on left side of driftwood base
Canada Goose
Wendell Gilley Museum
  • Object, Art, Sculpture, Carving
  • Nature, Animals, Birds
  • Object, Art, Sculpture, Carving
  • Gilley - Wendell Holmes Gilley (1904-1983)
  • 1956
Canada Goose
Wendell Gilley Museum
Description:
Signed "Gilley '56" on side of base
Bald Eagle with Fish
Wendell Gilley Museum
  • Object, Art, Sculpture, Carving
  • Nature, Animals, Birds
  • Object, Art, Sculpture, Carving
  • Gilley - Wendell Holmes Gilley (1904-1983)
  • 1959
Bald Eagle with Fish
Wendell Gilley Museum
Description:
Signed "Gilley '59" on driftwood base.
Laughing Gull
Wendell Gilley Museum
  • Object, Art, Sculpture, Carving
  • Nature, Animals, Birds
  • Object, Art, Sculpture, Carving
  • Gilley - Wendell Holmes Gilley (1904-1983)
  • 1959
Laughing Gull
Wendell Gilley Museum
Description:
Signed "Gilley, '59" on driftwood base. Hook for hanging on back.
Spotted sandpiper
Wendell Gilley Museum
  • Object, Art, Sculpture, Carving
  • Nature, Animals, Birds
  • Object, Art, Sculpture, Carving
  • Gilley - Wendell Holmes Gilley (1904-1983)
  • 1950 c
Spotted sandpiper
Wendell Gilley Museum
Description:
Signed "Gilley" on bottom of driftwood base
Shotgun and birds
Northeast Harbor Library
  • Image, Photograph
  • Nature, Animals, Birds
  • Recreation, Hunting
  • Sterling Haskell
  • 1950's
Shotgun and birds
Northeast Harbor Library
Description:
Single bore shot gun and quail or partridge.
Osprey with Flounder
Wendell Gilley Museum
  • Object, Art, Sculpture, Carving
  • Nature, Animals, Birds
  • Gilley - Wendell Holmes Gilley (1904-1983)
  • 1955 c.
Osprey with Flounder
Wendell Gilley Museum
Description:
Approx. 1/4 life size; perched on driftwood base, carved flounder under left talon, bird is hunched over prey, beak partially open; glass eyes, cast talons, painted, burned and carved detail, flounder unpainted. Unsigned.
Black Duck
Wendell Gilley Museum
  • Object, Art, Sculpture, Carving
  • Nature, Animals, Birds
  • Gilley - Wendell Holmes Gilley (1904-1983)
  • 1959
Black Duck
Wendell Gilley Museum
Description:
Miniature; mounted on carved, oblong, grey wood base, upright posture, head turned slightly left; glass eyes, carved feet, painted plumage. Signed "Gilley '59" on side of base. Marked and dated "Addie Gilley, Black Duck, 4/22/'59" on underside.
Birds - Mount Desert
Northeast Harbor Library
  • Document, Other Documents
  • Nature, Animals, Birds
  • Samuel A. Eliot
  • 1959
Birds - Mount Desert
Northeast Harbor Library
Description:
June 10-24, 1959 Notes added to the Birds of Mount Desert.
Notes Added in 1951, on 20 Years' Change
Northeast Harbor Library
  • Document, Other Documents
  • Nature, Animals, Birds
  • Samuel A. Eliot
  • 1951
Description:
Notes added to the Birds of Northeast Harbor from 1931.